It is time for the next major tournament, the Pacitalian Open Championship of tennis. Who will be crowned champions of the Grand Slam of Foringana?
There will be six tournaments at the Pacitalian Open Championship, with the final of the men's singles competition occurring on the last day of the Championship.
- Men's singles draw (64 players in 6 rounds of play, in best-of-5-set matches)
- Women's singles draw (64 players in 6 rounds of play, in best-of-3-set matches)
- Men's doubles draw (32 teams in 5 rounds of play, in best-of-3-set matches)
- Mixed doubles draw (32 teams in 5 rounds of play, in best-of-3-set matches)
- Boys' singles draw* (32 players in 5 rounds of play, in best-of-3-set matches)
- Girls' singles draw* (32 players in 5 rounds of play, in best-of-3-set matches)
* Limited to players aged 18 or under.
Submit your players now for this prestigious Championship!
Please note that not all players entered will be accepted, and that tournament seeds will be based only on results from previous tournaments and other competitions with more weight given to recent competition and the latest International Tennis Association rankings.
Doubles entries, like in real life, can be composed of players from two different nations. If your entries do not have previous tournament play history, they will be unseeded and enter the tournament as a wild card.
The top 48 players on the men's and women's circuits, based on the ITA rankings (linked above) will be automatically accepted if they sign up, leaving 16 wild card spots for both tournaments.
Seeds for subsequent Pacitalian Open Championships will also be determined by the number of points earned by each player or doubles team during the 2012 tournament. For the men's and women's singles tournaments, a total of 2,400 possible points are up for grabs. For the boys' and girls singles tournaments, a total of 2,000 possible points are up for grabs. For doubles tournaments, a total of 1,600 possible points are up for grabs. Players and teams who lose in the first round will fail to earn points.
Schedule of points earned in the singles tournaments (men's/women's singles; boys/girls singles):
- First round - 150 points; 150 points
- Second round - 300 points; 225 points
- Third round - 600 points; 300 points
- Quarterfinals - 1100 points; 550 points
- Semifinals - 1700 points; 1200 points
- Championship winners - 2400 points; 2000 points
Schedule of points earned in the doubles tournaments:
- First round - 50 points
- Second round - 100 points
- Third round - 200 points
- Quarterfinals - 400 points
- Semifinals - 800 points
- Championship winner - 1600 points
Scorination (via xkoranate 0.3.3) for each of the six tournaments will take place every other day until their respective conclusion. All tournaments, except that of men's singles, will begin on Day One of competition. The men's singles tournament will begin, with the first round, on Day Two.
All matches take place at Timiocato Athletic Campus, a multi-court complex anchored by the 24,564-seat Corte Principale, where both the men's singles final and women's singles final will take place.
Sign-ups are officially open. The Championship will begin a couple of days after all tournaments are full.
